exonuclease vs nuclease

exonuclease and nuclease both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exonuclease	Yes	No	No	No
nuclease	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, nuclease is a hypernym of exonuclease; that is, nuclease is a word with a broader meaning than exonuclease:

exonuclease: a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
nuclease: general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units

exonuclease (noun)	nuclease (noun)
a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid	general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units